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The answer to cancer could be a virus
Scientists in Ottawa are exploring what happens when a virus attacks cancer cells. And they're finding out some viruses can kill
cancer cells — leaving healthy, non-cancerous cells untouched.

By Jennifer Young

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	Recalled drugs may treat kidney disease By Kaïla Rosenhek
	Rebuilding your body By Liana Ragheb
	Searching for new ways to fight HIV By Rebecca Lau
	Controlling stem cell processes By Carol Crabbe
	The menace of malaria By Katie Lewis
	Clinical trial and error By David Kawai
	Researchers look for thin gene By Lindsey Forcellini

	Earth imaging: the next generation By Brian Jackson
	Pumping up ethanol production By Olivia Fernandez
	Engineering health and debate in a bottle By Esther Au
	Fighting fusarium By Colleen Boicey
	Bio-pharming: a solution to iodine deficiency By Alicia Malone

	Out of the woods By Ashley Monckton
	What lies beneath By Colleen Kimmett
	All fired up By Katie Cumby
	The great St. John's inchworm invasion By Megan Harrison
	A change in the wind By Nathan Kim